{"id":14995,"date":"2014-02-21T20:58:34","date_gmt":"2014-02-21T20:58:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/?p=14995"},"modified":"2014-02-24T20:55:04","modified_gmt":"2014-02-24T20:55:04","slug":"suomi-npp-views-of-strong-midwest-cyclone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/archives\/14995","title":{"rendered":"Suomi NPP views of a strong midwest cyclone"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2014\/02\/npp_viirs_m_09_20140221_173643_wgs84_fit.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Suomi NPP VIIRS 1.38 \u00c2\u00b5m near-infrared imagery (M09), 1736 UTC 21 February 2014 (click image to enlarge)\" alt=\"Suomi NPP VIIRS 1.38 \u00c2\u00b5m near-infrared imagery (M09), 1736 UTC 21 February 2014 (click image to enlarge)\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2014\/02\/npp_viirs_m_09_20140221_173643_wgs84_fit.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"364\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Suomi NPP VIIRS 1.38 \u00c2\u00b5m near-infrared imagery (M09), 1736 UTC 21 February\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 2014 (click image to enlarge)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A strong late-winter cyclone brought significant snows and blizzard conditions to the upper Great Lakes\/northern Plains on <a title=\"21 February 2014 daily weather map\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov\/dailywxmap\/index_20140221.html\">21 February 2014<\/a> (NWS storm summaries: <a title=\"NWS MPX storm summary\" href=\"http:\/\/www.crh.noaa.gov\/images\/mpx\/Feb20.2014Snowstorm.pdf\">MPX<\/a> | <a title=\"NWS DLH storm summary\" href=\"http:\/\/www.crh.noaa.gov\/news\/display_cmsstory.php?wfo=dlh&amp;storyid=100551&amp;source=2\">DLH<\/a> | <a title=\"NWS ARX storm summary\" href=\"http:\/\/www.crh.noaa.gov\/arx\/?n=feb2014\">ARX<\/a>). In the warm sector of the storm, there were numerous <a title=\"SPC storm reports\" href=\"http:\/\/www.spc.noaa.gov\/climo\/reports\/140221_rpts.html\">reports<\/a> of tornadoes, large hail, and damaging winds in the eastern US. Suomi NPP viewed the storm multiple times, including just before 1800 UTC on 21 February.<\/p>\n<p>The Suomi NPP VIIRS 1.38 \u00c2\u00b5m imagery, above, was created using <a href=\"http:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/cspp\/\">CSPP<\/a> and highlights cirrus-level clouds, documenting just how widespread the canopy of this extratropical cyclone was (more imagery is available via <a href=\"ftp:\/\/ftp.ssec.wisc.edu\/pub\/eosdb\/npp\/viirs\/2014_02_21_052_1736\/images\/\">ftp<\/a>, and a description of the various bands is available <a href=\"http:\/\/rammb.cira.colostate.edu\/projects\/npp\/\">here<\/a>).<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2014\/02\/VIIRS_IBands_BT_20140221_1736.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Suomi NPP VIIRS I1, Day\/Night, I3, I4, I5 bands at 1736 UTC 21 February 2014 (click image to enlarge)\" alt=\"Suomi NPP VIIRS I1, Day\/Night, I3, I4, I5 bands at 1736 UTC 21 February 2014 (click image to enlarge)\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2014\/02\/VIIRS_IBands_BT_20140221_1736.gif\" width=\"480\" height=\"294\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Suomi NPP VIIRS I1, Day\/Night, I3, I4, I5 bands at 1736 UTC 21 February 2014 (click image to enlarge)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>VIIRS imagery (375-meter resolution I-bands 1, 3, 4, and 5, along with the 750-meter resolution Day\/Night Band) is available in AWIPS via an LDM subscription. The animation above cycles through these different bands as displayed using AWIPS: Visible (0.64 \u00c2\u00b5m), Day\/Night Band (0.70 \u00c2\u00b5m), Snow\/Ice Channel (1.61 \u00c2\u00b5m), Shortwave IR (3.74 \u00c2\u00b5m) and IR Window (11.45 \u00c2\u00b5m) channels.<\/p>\n<p>VIIRS 750-meter resolution M-bands can be used to create true-color imagery: the example from 1736 UTC is shown below.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2014\/02\/npp_viirs_true_color_crefl_None_20140221_173608_wgs84_fit.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Suomi NPP VIIRS True-color imagery, 1736 UTC 21 February 2014 (click image to enlarge)\" alt=\"Suomi NPP VIIRS True-color imagery, 1736 UTC 21 February 2014 (click image to enlarge)\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2014\/02\/npp_viirs_true_color_crefl_None_20140221_173608_wgs84_fit.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"364\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Suomi NPP VIIRS True-color imagery, 1736 UTC 21 February 2014 (click image to enlarge)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A strong late-winter cyclone brought significant snows and blizzard conditions to the upper Great Lakes\/northern Plains on 21 February 2014 (NWS storm summaries: MPX | DLH | ARX). In the warm sector of the storm, there were numerous reports of tornadoes, large hail, and damaging winds in the eastern US. 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